Kora’s POV
The moment Aaron stepped into the dim light, I felt the world shift beneath me. There was no time for questions, no time to process what was happening. Every fiber of my being screamed that we needed to act, but the weight of his presence rooted me to the spot. He stood there, eyes gleaming with an unsettling calmness, as if he had all the time in the world. It made my stomach churn, a quiet dread settling in my chest.
“Did you really think you could run forever?” Aaron’s voice sliced through the night air like a cold wind, smooth and taunting. It was a voice I had come to associate with cruelty, with power. A voice that had once made me tremble in fear, but now... now it made my blood boil.
I gripped the dagger in my hand tighter, readying myself for whatever was coming. Edw
